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I have a VMDK file that was used for a Windows Server VM as a secondary disk to store only archive files. When I had to scrap the VM and redo it from 0. As any lazy admin would do, I tried to be smart and just reinstall the OS on a different VMDK and copy over the secondary VMDK, rename it, attach it to the virtual machine and off you go… Things are never as easy as you imagine it would be with computer systems J . Here is another adventure of just a renaming simple VMDK file; If VSphere Gui doesn’t let you rename a file, you can do it through a PuttY ssh session;  Open an SSH session to one of your hosts.   Browse to your DataStore which has the VMDK file. cd /vmfs/volumes/DatastoreName/originalname Use the following command to rename a file;    vmkfstools -E "originalname.vmdk" "newname.vmdk" For more information about manipulating files in datastores or using the “vmkfstools”; http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?c...

If you are here, it means you already know that configuring an anti-virus is not as simple as « next, next, next, ok ». Especially, deploying an antivirus to hundreds of clients… You’ve got to make sure that your clients are not suffering from intrusive antivirus processes, setup exclusions properly so that you don’t scan gigabytes of ISO files, make sure that the clients get the most recent and proper updates even if they are not connected to your network… Do you now get what I mean? J I went through this process recently. We’re using Trend-Micro Worry-Free Advanced Business security software for a couple of years now. Recently Trend-Micro had an update and the most recent version of the program is version 8 as of writing this article. The process of upgrading didn’t go very well so I had to reinstall it from scratch! Here are my notes regarding this project; I am not an antivirus expert but I guess every antivirus product has their own installing and “best practices...